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Marriage News Watch: Sixth Circuit recap, 3 states head to Supreme Court
This week’s Marriage News Watch report from Matt Baume at the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) recaps last week’s hearings in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in the challenges to four states’ same-sex marriage bans, while appeals from three other states land at the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus, Wisconsin organizers have formed a new group called …
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Federal appeals court weighs four states’ same-sex marriage cases
CINCINNATI –A federal appeals court judge hearing arguments in six gay marriage fights in a landmark hearing Wednesday expressed deep skepticism about whether the courts are the ideal setting for such major change, saying that the best way to win the hearts and minds of Americans on the issue would be the democratic process. The judge, Jeffrey S. Sutton of the …
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AUDIO: Tennessee same-sex marriage ban faces federal appeals court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A three-judge panel is now considering whether Tennessee’s law barring recognition of same-sex marriages is constitutional. Attorneys representing multiple gay couples told judges from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday that’s there’s no rational reason for barring same-sex marriage. Lawyers from the…
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AUDIO: Kentucky same-sex marriage ban faces federal appeals court
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A three-judge panel is now considering whether Kentucky’s laws barring same-sex marriage are constitutional. Attorneys representing multiple gay couples told judges from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday that’s there’s no rational reason for barring same-sex couples from getting married. Lawyers hired by …
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AUDIO: Michigan same-sex marriage ban faces federal appeals court
A three-judge panel is now considering whether Michigan’s laws barring same-sex marriage are constitutional. Attorneys representing multiple same-sex couples from four states told judges from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday that’s there’s no rational reason for barring same-sex couples from getting married. The afternoon of arguments …
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Same-sex marriage cases in Ohio draw hundreds of gay rights supporters
CINCINNATI — Hundreds of gay marriage supporters rallied Wednesday in downtown Cincinnati near the federal courthouse where judges were hearing arguments about the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans in four states. Advocates held up banners and signs urging freedom to marry or other messages in favor of legal challenges to bans in ….
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Federal appeals courts prepare to hear slew of same-sex marriage cases
CINCINNATI — Federal appeals courts covering nearly half the United States will soon hear arguments on whether gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry, part of a slew of cases putting pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a final verdict. If the appeals courts continue the unbroken eight-month streak of rulings in favor of gay marriage, that could make…
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Six marriage appeals before 6th Circuit ring familiar bell in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI — For Chris Seelbach, the legal challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage being argued this week in federal appeals court in Cincinnati mark another milestone – not just for gay rights, but for the city he calls home. He campaigned a decade ago to repeal a 1990s charter amendment that banned the city from protecting people from discrimination …
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Oral arguments set in appeal of Michigan, three other states same-sex marriage rulings
DETROIT — Oral arguments have been scheduled by a federal appeals court in the appeals of same-sex marriage rulings in Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. The Cincinnati-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in a court filing Monday that it would hear arguments in the cases on August 6.
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New lawsuit aims to strike down Ohio same-sex marriage ban
CINCINNATI — Civil rights attorneys have filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down Ohio’s gay marriage ban and to allow same-sex couples to marry in the state.